Battery issue

[bigshooter23]

Month ago i got a new performance engineering wheel house. brought it home and before i put it away in the shed i told a buddy to put the two deep cycle inside it. well today i was going to sit down in it and dream up some accesories to put in it. opened it up and both bateries sitting on the mattress tipped over. i then felt the cushion, all wet. now i have to rip out all mattress. make new frame for the bed and new hardware for the bed. Could of just about killed him.the smell is just horrible.

[Jeremy airjer W]

Is there a question or is this just a vent?

[Eelpout08]

I suppose you could try to neutralize the acid with some baking soda and water, but the damage is probably already done

[bigshooter23]

i tried to neutralize but did not work the aluminum framing on the bed itself fuzzed back up in 4 hours again. anyone have anysuggestions for a new battery to put back in it.

[gill man]

I guess I would suggest sealed batteries if you are worried about this happening again. Pretty sure the Trojan batteries are sealed...but pricy. I think there are other sealed, maintenance free batteries out there, but their names are slipping my mind right now.

Or, a cheaper solution would be to make sure your acid cell batteries are in a secure place and strapped down tight. Well...make sure your BUDDY puts them in a secure place and straps them down!

[Big Buck Buster]

The other type of battery you might want to consider is the gel cells.

[Phred52]

I don't think I'd consider this so much a 'battery' issue as a 'buddy' issue. Anyone that sets a battery (or two) on a bed, isn't exactly the "sharpest tool in the shed". At the very LEAST, he would offer to help repair the damage. Phred52

[Big Buck Buster]

I don't think I'd consider this so much a 'battery' issue as a 'buddy' issue. Anyone that sets a battery (or two) on a bed, isn't exactly the "sharpest tool in the shed". At the very LEAST, he would offer to help repair the damage. Phred52

Good point. Sometimes when you want it done right, you have to do it yourself. Run into that problem all the time. I feel your pain.

[bigshooter23]

i bought two battery cases, two new interstate 29 batterys and also a on board charger for when i take it off each night so they can stay in the house and get charged.

[Hazzard]

I have performance engineering building my house right now I should have it by thanksgiving. I don't know what I would do if that happened to me. I know how long the waiting list is for one of his fish houses, I put my money down in April to get mine before the ice. How did your house turn out do you have any pictures you can post?

[bigshooter23]

it is a very well built house. i got the 6.5x12 with v front. on the inside i have a empire heater, oven stove, radio, tv jack and antenna, 30 inch beds, and fold up table. i had him put the propan tanks with its own door in the v front. and on the inside of the house its just a countertop. i just like it for the fact less likely to freeze up and wont get full of slush and road grime

[senco 1]

I also have a house that was built by Performance Engineering.

I like the house, just wish the original owners would have put a direct vent furnance in it. The one in it is not vented! It seems to collect a little more moisture inside.

[bigshooter23]

senco if your are looking for a forced air atwood furnace i do have one. i was going to build my own house this year, but ended up getting a really good deal on this perf eng house. usually every year me and two other buddys would build new houses. well its to much of a rush from hunting season to ice so i just finally bought my own.

[senco 1]

Thanks bigshooter23. But if I put one in it will be a Empire furnance. The wall in the house is already framed for the vent.